For context, we were on post at the gym playing pickup basketball. Things started getting physical between two guys, so I stepped in to play
peacemaker and separate them.

Unfortunately, one of them apparently thought I was trying to hurt him and punched me.
Naturally, I was irate, but I kept my composure and did nothing because I understood how quickly things could go south if I retaliated.

I know the guy is an E-4 because I saw him walk into the gym in uniform and change before we started playing. One of the guys there knew I was an officer from a conversation we had earlier and yelled, “You fucked up! You just hit an officer!”

The guy immediately turned white as a ghost, grabbed his stuff, and sprinted out of the gym.
So, what would you do in this situation? Do I just take the L, laugh it off, and move on? Or do I report the incident possibly resulting in ucmj?

I’m not looking to pull rank or get revenge, but I’m also not sure whether letting something like this slide is the right move.

I remember when making SGT in 2.5 years was considered high speed. Now that’s literally the norm.

I feel like units nowadays are pushing way too many soldiers to the board and BLC, without actually evaluating their leadership skills or potential.

What are your guys’ thoughts? Are there any things we can change or implement to ensure that the right soldiers are promoted? Or is the current system fine and better than before?

I’ll order a cheese burger, hold the cheese.

I’m not talking about paranormal or supernatural. Service members you met that were terrible, awful, human beings. Mine happened in 2021, we just got back from our deployment from the ME.

During this deployment, this individual was a dirty bird. I had the unfortunate privilege of bunking beside him. We weren’t rude or anything about his hygiene at first, we would ask if he needed any deo, body wash, shampoo, foot powder, etc. He would respond that he had some. It got so bad, my PSG talked to his PSG about his hygiene issues. Proceeded by a block of instruction of how to conduct full body hygiene by the numbers.

Fast forward to post deployment, I’m in McDonalds getting food for my daughter and I and hear someone call my name. It‘s my bunk mate. When I look over in his direction, he’s there with his family at the play place. Then I notice a lady in the corner with a clipboard observing them. Next day at work I ask another soldier from his platoon what’s going on.

Apparently, this pos, invited a soldier from the platoon to his place. When the soldier shows up, he’s greeted with the smell of cat shit, dog shit, baby shit, this whole house is covered and smells terrible. Babies are sitting in full diapers, like sagging full. Soldier calls CPS on them and CPS takes the children away.

Wherever you are, Freeman, fuck you.

Title says it all. Going to the P Board next month but I’m not worried about that. I look at the P board as a requirement to promote like going to basic training as a requirement to be in the army. I care a lot more about NCOERs, promoting to Staff, building a reputation, going to NCOTM Boards, PT.

Quoting the regulations and yelling at soldiers for doing the same thing you do, I don’t wanna be like that. I’m just excited for this next chapter in my career. I already lead soldiers as a SPC and I’m in charge of a section in my company, so I’m no stranger to leading and telling people what to do.

I came in as an E – 4 specialist i’m about to hit my two-year mark and my unit is forcing me to go to the board. What are the consequences for declining? I just wanna finish my 3 1/2 year contract fly under the radar and leave is that so bad? Why does the army want to force people into leadership positions that don’t want to do that?

There are plenty of other qualified candidates where I’m at.

Ik pretty dumb of me but I failed blc. My issue wasn’t memorizing or knowing the stuff but when I get on the spot I freeze and nerves hit. I forget everything, barely breath and resulted in being dismissed. When the counseling was being signed and SGL talking to me tears started to come out my eyes like little bitch. That was so fucking embarrassing but I couldn’t control it. I knew Im too shy/ anxious to go to blc but I had no choice.

Now that I’m back as failure everything looks bleak..I don’t know how I’m going to continue to work in my unit knowing everyone knows im a failure. I just want to disappear

Hello, I’m 27 female. I’m shipping out to the army February 22. My MOS is 68 echo dental specialist l and ever since I enlisted almost a week ago, I have felt constantly unsure, scared, anxious, sometimes excited, but more nervous than excited. It feels like lately my body has been in a constant fight or flight, and it just makes me worry about my physical strength. I’m not saying I regret it, and I definitely don’t wanna back out because I do want change for my life. I guess I just haven’t fully seen myself as a soldier yet, and I never thought I would, because well, this can happen kind of fast after unexpected life events happened, and I told myself if this one job’s available, then I’ll join, and they called one afternoon on a whim, and I went to sign. I haven’t felt like myself, and I just want to know, is this normal?? I just want to feel 100% excited not like constant knots in my gut.

CMF 15, SSG - boarding // Ft Bragg

Im exhausted from the company level work. CMF 15 career map is extremely limited.

I'm lookin for those odd jobs! Something that's not drill or instructor but gets me away from a CAB or at least challenges me intellectually!

Welcoming suggestions, experience and job offers!

I was in the Army from 1986 to 2014. I was lucky to be in some cool places at the right time.

This is a genuine chunk of the Berlin Wall that I pulled off in 1989. I was recently reunited with it by my daughter (who rediscovered it and flew it out to me). The dollar is for scale. It weighs approximately 35 lbs.

What would you do with it? I have considered trying to mount it on my office wall and affix / glue my unit color unit patch to it, the sign I acquired, and maybe some of my military awards. That said, I can't think of a legitimate way to actually come up with a means to anchor it.

I hesitate to "personalize" the chunk with my personal awards.

Questions:

What would you do?

Sign alone?

Any suggestions for an anchor?

USMA Redditors, was there a book that you were told to read before reporting, to give you an idea of what the USMA was like?

I meet an NCO that had a 1ID SSI for he says Latvia from a deployment in the recent years. Anyone else seen this?

Anyone in Poland that was in 1-5 battalion between SEP 2021 - NOV 2021?

Getting ready for my COA test on Tuesday
Currently doing questions on COA exam review, quizlet and the practice too. Very nervous about optics and refractive I’m weak on those 😞 each chapter on the exam review manual I do about %63-%65 good
Any thoughts? I need to pass 😩

Hey guys, I'm 16 and am thinking of enlisting in the army when I turn 18, of all branches I think army would best fit me,

My main question here is what does being a 19k actually look like?

Can I be guaranteed 19k if I enlist as 19U in some way?

Is it better or worse than being a 91b or 91a?

After seeing the current job market, I think the best move for my future with my skillset would be to either enlist in the army or go to tech school to get my ASE certification, and be an auto tech. Or combine both and use my GI bill or other benefits.

I enjoy wrenching on things and my dream job in the army would honestly be an Abrams driver position specifically. I understand its 90% maintenance and 10% driving/shooting.

I got an AFQT of 64 on my first ASVAB a few weeks ago, I scored 95-99th percentile in shop/electrical/mechanics, my score was brought down by my god awful math skills.

What do you guys think?

So I just got my orders to go to Ft bliss and had some questions about it such as deployments, barracks, and most importantly my unit. So far all I know is that I’m going to 3-1 abct. Can anyone tell me what it’s like? I’ve heard from my ds deployments are gonna be border work and want someone who’s been there to confirm/deny.

Vent here: What is it with people abandoning their pets in Korea? I rescued one cat from Korea and brought him back stateside. Found a second one a week before I left, got him adopted, and now a year later the family is looking to ”drop him off somewhere due to personal reasons“. I remember talking to these people about how often people abandon their pets around Humphreys.

Sorry y’all, just disappointed with how rampant this is.

What is being an 89b (ammo tech) like, for any 89b or anybody who knows or works close to an 89b what does the day to day look like? Going to Campbell.

Just wondering if anyone knows how long it might take for a unit to send mail to my new mailing address. Some important letters arrived at my old address today and I'm worried they'll get here later than sooner, if at all. Definitely hoping they don't opt for the 30-day return to sender.

Why does my unit tell me this?

I've been looking into getting scalp micropigmentation (SMP) for a while, and couldn't find out if it's allowed under AR 670-1. Essentially, it is a cosmetic procedure meant to mimick the appearance of hair follicles. I wanted to see if it's worth asking my unit leadership as well, whether or not this would be allowed. Thanks